IPCC's Latest Assessment on Climate Impacts and Adaptation Options - Key Findings and Implications

Explore the latest findings from the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report on climate change impacts and adaptation options in this comprehensive lecture. Gain insights from report authors as they discuss key findings and their implications for urgent action in the critical decade to 2030. Delve into topics such as socioeconomic and natural systems' vulnerability, human mortality, ocean impacts, burning embers, and adaptation feasibility. Examine the challenges facing Australia, cities, and governance structures, while considering the economic costs and complex cascading risks associated with climate change. Learn about adaptation gaps, limits, and acceleration strategies, as well as the importance of climate-resilient development and sustainable development goals. Understand why every half degree matters and how climate change poses risks to democracy. Discover the latest scientific assessments and their significance for policymakers and global climate action.

Intro
Multiple IPCC reports
Statistics
Is it distant
Whats already happened
Human mortality
Oceans
Human systems
Burning Embers
Australia
Feasibility assessment
Adaptation limits
Adaptation gaps
Adaptation acceleration
Sustainable development goals
Climate resilient development
Every half degree matters
Risks to democracy
Challenges for governance
Challenges for cities
Urbanisation
Investment
Complex cascading risks
Economic costs
Is it an improvement